286 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED ON ‘THE NILGHIRIS 
darkest on the upper breast, gradually. paling, till on the tibial 
plumes, flanks, and lower: abdomen the feathers are merely 
washed with a delicate tint of green. 
Feathers of the lower back and rump black, very broadly 
edged with pale ashy green, the black showing through to a 
considerable extent, giving the mottled appearance to these 
‘parts characteristic of the Brachypodii; the feathers too are 
Joose and very full, also characteristic of the genus ; upper and 
under tail-coverts, fous central tail feathers, and entire. under 
surface of tail, a delicate French grey; the four lateral tail 
feathers on each side black for two-thirds of their length, the 
terminal third French grey and margined on their outer webs 
with green; the black on the tail is confined entirely to the 
upper surface of the feathers, the lower surface for their entire 
length being grey; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries black- 
ish brown; “the first primary entirely of this colour, the re- 
mainder edged on their outer webs with green, at first very 
narrowly, but more broadly on each succeeding feather, till 
on the tertiaries the entire outer webs, and on the later: ones 
the tips of the inner webs also, are green. 
Taking a.large series, the birds are found to vary somewhat 
inter se. Insome specimens the grey of the head and throat is 
almost or entirely wanting, and the amount of black on the 
ehin and throat of the different specimens varies considerably ; 
the green edging to the outer webs of the. tail feathers too 
varies ; in some all the tail feathers are green edged, in others 
only the outer four on each side. With regard to the almost or 
entire want of grey on the head and throat, this appears to be a 
sign of nonage. 
“This species is apparently figured and described in the “Voy- 
age dela Bonite, Pl. 5, under the name of Jixos Jisquetti1. A young 
bird showing the merest trace of grey about. the head and 
throat, and with the central tail feathers grey edged.- 
460dis.—Otocompsa fuscicaudata, Gould. The 
Southern Red-whiskered Bulbul. — 
An exceedingly abundant species all over the Nilghiris, 
through the Wynaad and Mysore. Most numerous perhaps on 
the higher ranges. Found singly, in pairs, or parties. Itisa very 
familiar bird, ‘keeping much to eedons &c., and as a. rule 
avoiding heavy forest. 
462. .—Molpastes heemorrhous, Gm. The Madras 
Bulbul. ‘ 
This species i is very rare on the highest portion of the Nil- 
ghiris, being only occasionally seen about Ootacamund, but 
